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Ajax manager John Heitinga has likened Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen to Chelsea legend Didier Drogba and AC Milan great Zlatan Ibrahimovic, as his team prepares to face Galatasaray in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League clash in Amsterdam, Soccernet.ng reports. Osimhen has built a fearsome reputation across Europe after successful stints with Lille, Napoli, and now Galatasaray, where his physical strength, pace, and direct attacking style have drawn comparisons to Drogba. Even Victor Osimhen has often spoken fondly of the positive influence Drogba had on his career as a young boy growing on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. Photo by IMAGO However, Heitinga’s…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been ordered by a High Court in Oyo State to proceed with its national convention on 15 November in Ibadan, following a legal directive that has intensified tensions within the opposition party. Justice A. L. Akintola issued the order on Monday in response to an ex parte motion filed by Folahan Malomo Adelabi, compelling the PDP and its acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, to go ahead with the convention as earlier scheduled. The ruling comes amid growing divisions within the party and renewed criticism of Damagum’s leadership from the Minister of the Federal…

Kano State Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has won the outstanding performance award of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in recognition of his remarkable achievements in sports development within the state. The award was received by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Mr Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, during the 60th anniversary of the association at National Stadium in Abuja on Friday. The formal presentation took place during the 33rd State Executive Council Meeting at the Council Chamber, Government House Kano, on Saturday. The State Director General, Media and Publicity, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, presented the award to Governor Yusuf on Saturday. The…

Forward Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORD), the Solana treasury company, announced the filing of its Resale Prospectus Supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the authorization of a new $1 billion share repurchase program. Breaking news from our team The Forward Industries Board authorized, on November 3, 2025, a share repurchase program permitting Forward Industries to repurchase up to $1 billion of its common stock.Get the full press release below pic.twitter.com/rqsDDRGp54— Forward Industries $FORD (@FWDind) November 4, 2025 This latest move shows the company’s commitment to shareholder value and confidence in the long-term potential of its Solana-based strategy.Resale…

Esha Aliku Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has approved the release of ₦305,510,507.09 for the payment of allowances to 565 indigenous medical students studying both within Nigeria and abroad. This is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim Mohammed and made available to journalists on Monday in Katsina. The statement noted that the approval reflected Radda’s commitment to human capital development and his administration’s sustained investment in education and healthcare, two key pillars of his Building Your Future Agenda. The statement read, “Confirming the development, the General Manager of the Katsina State Hospital Services Management Board, Dr…

• Frowns on injustice, ethnic bias• Police declare activist wanted over planned protest in Lagos• Sowore faults ‘wanted’ declaration, says police ignored his calls Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has emphasised that the country cannot continue to pretend to be one country while some citizens are treated as second-class within the same entity. Sowore, while calling on Nigerian leaders to embrace justice, fairness, and equality as the foundation for national unity, maintained that no nation built on oppression and inequality could genuinely claim to be united. He spoke in Akure,…

Ahead of Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election in Anambra State, candidates of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), All Progressives Congress (APC) and Labour Party (LP) have been ranked as the top contenders for victory, according to a new opinion poll released in Abuja. The poll, however, published by the African Development Institute of Research Methodology (ADIRM), places incumbent governor and APGA candidate, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, significantly ahead of the pack, with APC’s Nicholas Ukachukwu and LP’s George Moghalu trailing. Director of the Institute, Temitope Olufunmi Atoyebi, while presenting the findings, told reporters that the exercise was a data-driven voter…

Super Eagles and Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman came close to joining Inter Milan during the summer transfer window, Soccernet.ng reports. The 28-year-old came off his best-ever goalscoring season, finding the back of the net 20 times in 40 games across all competitions for La Dea. Considering he’d fallen out with the then-coach, Gian Piero Gasperini, and probably won all of the silverware he could at Bergamo, the former Leicester City attacker handed in a transfer request with a move to Inter in mind. Although he turned Napoli down, Atalanta prevented Lookman from moving to the San Siro as they didn’t…

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has reiterated its zero tolerance for fraudulent practices in the mobilization of graduates for national service, emphasizing its commitment to transparency, integrity, and accountability in all its operations. The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, stated this in Abuja during the 2025 Batch ‘C’ Pre-Mobilization Workshop. He noted that the Scheme remains dedicated to maintaining high standards of integrity in the deployment of human, technological, and material resources used for mobilization. Nafiu said the NYSC has, over the years, earned public confidence through its transparent mobilization process and would continue to strengthen its…

Former Super Eagles defender Efe Ambrose believes Calvin Bassey, not Victor Osimhen, will be Nigeria’s most important player when they face Gabon in the 2026 FIFA World Cup playoff semi-final this month, Soccernet.ng reports. Nigeria, who sealed their place in the playoffs after a dominant 4–0 victory over Benin Republic, will take on the Panthers on November 13 in Morocco. The winner will advance to meet either Cameroon or DR Congo for Africa’s slot in next year’s intercontinental playoffs. Photo by Nsidibe Akpan Copyright: xxIMAGO While much of the attention has been on Osimhen, Nigeria’s all-time second-highest goalscorer, Ambrose insists…